Ancient ‘dead zones’ offer clues to future ocean warming
A new map of ocean “dead zones” from the Pliocene epoch may offer a glimpse into the future of Earth’s warming oceans.
Maps link air pollution and redlining in 200 US cities
Housing discrimination practices dating from the 1930s, called redlining, still drive air pollution disparities in hundreds of American cities today.
FEMA maps hugely underestimate US flood damage risk
AI found a high probability of flood damage for more than a million square miles of US land. That’s more than 790,000 more than FEMA’s maps identified.
Satellite pics date pig poop lagoons
An automated technique uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, which indicates their environmental impact.